hard power is the use of military and economic means to influence the behavior or interests of other political bodies. This form of political power is...

In international relations, the term smart power refers to the combination of hard power and soft power strategies. It is defined by the Center for Strategic...

particularly in international politics), soft power is the ability to co-opt rather than coerce (in contrast with hard power). It involves shaping the preferences...

significantly broader than a state's immediate area). Even states with sizable hard power assets (such as a large standing army) may only be able to exert limited...

power and hard power. In a now-classic study (1959), social psychologists John R. P. French and Bertram Raven developed a schema of sources of power by...

power is defined in several different ways. Material definitions of state power emphasize economic and military power. Other definitions of power emphasize...

extending power over foreign nations, particularly through expansionism, employing both hard power (military and economic power) and soft power (diplomatic...

body upon another of lesser military and/or economic power. Hard power contrasts with soft power, which comes from diplomacy, culture and history. Many...

respectively) rather than their strategic and hard power capabilities (i.e., the lack of permanent seats and veto power on the UN Security Council or strategic...

the world. While soft power as a concept can be summarized as "get others to do your bidding" without resorting to hard power, it has been argued that...

storage, retaining stored data when powered off. Modern HDDs are typically in the form of a small rectangular box. Hard disk drives were introduced by IBM...

"carrot or stick" sometimes refers to the realist concept of soft and hard power. The carrot in this context could be the promise of economic or diplomatic...

methodology is considered outdated, however, as he only takes into account "hard" power factors and indicators such as steel production no longer have the same...

June Teufel Dreyer, "[a] superpower must be able to project its power, soft and hard, globally". In his book Superpower: Three Choices for America's Role...

Rock Hard Power Spray is a Danish rock band from Odense, that was founded in 2004 and consists of Frederik Valentin, Mattias Hundebøll, Ask Fogh, and Simon...

projection of state power in democratic countries, policies that cannot be described[by whom?] as either hard power or soft power.[need quotation to verify]...

the concepts of hard power and soft power, hard power relating primarily to coercive power, such as the use of force, and soft power commonly covering...

Unilateralism as first course of action can be viewed as an act of aggression or hard power, unilateral sanctions violate the United Nations Charter and inhibit development...

power theory, states, motivated primarily by their desire for survival and security, will develop and implement military capabilities and hard power mechanisms...

thought, viewed war as an act of statecraft and gave strong emphasis on hard power. Additionally, Clausewitz way of thinking towards armed conflict is more...

all about power, be it military or diplomatic. When a state does not have the sources to defend itself, it means that it lacks hard power, for example...

guitarists began experimenting with hard rock elements such as driving rhythms, distorted guitar solos and power chords in the 1950s, evident in the work...

Japan was no longer able to employ hard power through its military. As a result, it cultivated and pioneered soft power as its approach to its position on...

Die Hard is an American action film series that originated with Roderick Thorp's 1979 novel Nothing Lasts Forever. All five films revolve around the main...

Die Hard is a 1988 American action thriller film directed by John McTiernan and written by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza based on the 1979 novel Nothing...

Hard Rock Cafe, Inc. is a chain of theme bar-restaurants, memorabilia shops, casinos and museums founded in 1971 by Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton in London...

national power assessment. It builds upon concepts such as superpower and regional power, as well as soft power, hard power and smart power. A 1995 definition...

PlayStation 2 video game console), pressing and releasing the power button initiates a hard reset, and holding the button turns the system off. The 8086...

A disk enclosure is a specialized casing designed to hold and power hard disk drives or solid state drives while providing a mechanism to allow them to...

Traditionally, tai chi uses both soft and hard. Yin is said to be the mother of Yang, using soft power to create hard power. Traditional schools also emphasize...